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I have a new ride arriving late fall (more details coming soon), and sadly the Passat is returning mostly back to stock and will be put for sale in the next week or two :See the classified posts for details on the sale...

Hi alan I am new here. I have the same car. Help me out man, I have exhaust and thats it. I need more mods, but can't find any web sites that have parts for the 4motion v6 cars. Where did you get your intake? Hook me up with some links man. I am anxious to get busy.

Welcome Nick!I made the intake myself. The mod is commonly called COAM -- Colorado Airbox Mod as it was first done by a bunch of Colorado Passat club members.

The mod basically entails taking out your stock airbox, cutting a hole in it and attaching a flexible hose and running it to the lower bumper opening. This allows for more fresh air into your airbox with a much shorter length of intake (about a foot or so). I've used one 3" hose, but you can use two 2" hoses which is easier to work with. This also works well if you remove the airbox prefilter and use a K&N air filter -- just remember to clean and charge your air filter periodically since there will be more dirt and debris collecting in your airbox than before.

Parts could be bought at Home Depot. It took me almost two days to fabricate and install it -- I've used marine grade expoxy putty glue to attach and mold the tubing to the airbox, which requires the putty to cure overnight. It worth the time and patience as it is so much cheaper than an aftermarket cold air intake and I think it's a little more effective since you are directly extracting cool blowing air from the outside instead from inside the hot engine bay.

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